Category: Play

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It was Fiona at Coombe Mill that sparked an interest in creating this blog post. She has watched, through my blog, the Robot grow into the fun-loving outdoor little boy that he’s become. It was her comment about him being sat in a back pack, to short walks, to the …

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We discovered a strange occurrence last year. Balloons! Every sugar and cake filled toddlers idea of a good time. Birthday parties for 3 years old are simple. Put balloons in an empty room. Put 2 and 3 year olds in said room… shut door and run away! Well not the …

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What better way to start an alphabet challenge than with a post all about Learning the alphabet!! From a very early age we’ve always read to the Robot and we’re continuing this with CABS. The Robot really loves his ABC books and we think this has fostered a fascination with …

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Welcome to the ABC123 Challenge. This is not new to me, back in 2016 I gave this a go as a way to find my writing voice and get into the swing of creating regular blog posts. 3 blogs a week, each week a different letter of the alphabet. It …

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When I received some happy mail last month with the little foam package material in, I didn’t get disheartened by the mess opening it created. I turned it into opportunity by creating a Winter Snow Christmas Sensory Box. What FUN! Squirreling the bits away into a box for a few …

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We’re seasoned train travellers with our little Robot son. He’s 2 and while most our journeys are less than an hour we have destination south coast in our sights. Visiting Family that live across country with a fun-filled 7 hour train journey. Yikes.

With Christmas round the corner quite a lot of people will be considering catching the train to visit family. I figured it would be a good time to share with you a trip I made solo with my toddler back in the Summer. I was a tad daunted to say the least but knew we’d be okay.

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The purpose of this post is to concentrate on all the happy things that have happened over the month. We’ve certainly had some happy moments but being heavily pregnant is starting to take its toll on how happy I can actually feel. I ache now, moving is slow, parent/friend support is spread very thin, poor Dave is juggling work and waiting for that moment I go “I’m in labour”. As of the 29th it’s not yet! I can’t wait… Let’s take a look at some of the happy moments of the past month.

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This past week has literally flown by but has been one of my hardest yet as a parent. The past 3 days have been tough. The Robot 2 year old is in full 2 year old mood and has been some what challenging. I have been assured that most kids …

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The Wild Trail – Sizergh Castle A few of my friends have been mentioning the wild trail at Sizergh Castle is a great free place to go for families. It was when Abi from the Baby Maze posted a review on her Facebook page with a how to get there …

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I’ve got many memories of Bexhill-on-Sea throughout my life. It is the family home of my Dad and even though I didn’t grow up there we visited family often when we were children. Less so in our adult lives but since my Dad has migrated back to his home town the option to visit more with our little family is there.

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Sticky Velcro Lolly Sticks It’s been ages since I have shared with you any of our playful adventures on the blog. Partly because we have been enjoying the outdoors now the winter has gone and partly because I am just too cream cracked to even try to document any of …

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It seems a bit out of place writing a blog post about the rain when most of the UK has had a mini heat wave and lots of nice spring weatherbut I am going to anyway. The Robot loves to splash. The thunder storm that hit us on Saturday bought some rain. It made me realise how lucky I am to have the Robot.

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Following on from our Tunnel Obsession a few weeks ago we decided to visit Cathedral Caves at Langdale in the Lake District. Dave first took me to visit these caves on a cycling trip many years ago and all I could remember was the cave rather than tunnels so I …

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Today was the last day of our mini holiday, you can read all about the main event over here. We ended up coming home early so had an extra day to go exploring. The Robot has been banging on about tunnels all week and with glorious weather we decided to explore the Hincaster Tunnel on the Lancaster Canal.